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David Grassé
Nov 263 min read
Ghosts
I am a ghost hunter. I write about ghosts. Not like those fools who write books about supernatural entities which allegedly inhabit old...
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David Grassé
Oct 154 min read
Red lights and Rabbit Holes
Of late, I have been working on a history of Tucson's redlight districts, Maiden Lane (1865 - 1892) and Gay Alley (1893 - 1916). Though...
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David Grassé
Jun 252 min read
Projects
My publisher, McFarland, has given me a date for the release of From The Footlights to The Tenderloin: The Tragic Life of Edna Loftus. It...
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David Grassé
Feb 262 min read
Gila County Histories
A while back, I was hosting tours of the Payson Pioneer Cemetery (not ghost tours, mind you), giving people histories about some of the...
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David Grassé
Feb 62 min read
Updates
'evening all, I have news. First, my book about the actress Edna Loftus will be published in June of this year. It is available for...
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David Grassé
Oct 9, 20231 min read
Response to a Review
In truth I rarely read reviews on Amazon, but I was informed there was any exceptionally bad one - one star - so I went into look at it....
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David Grassé
Sep 8, 20233 min read
More Tall Tales
A friend of mine sent me a YouTube video about an actress named Kitty Leroy, who was murdered by her husband in Deadwood in 1878....
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David Grassé
Dec 11, 20223 min read
Progress?
Returned from Paris two weeks ago with a head cold. I am not complaining, just sharing. This was my first trip out of the country. That...
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David Grassé
Jun 15, 20222 min read
Updates
It has been awhile. Here is the latest from the writing desk: Last week, I submitted my manuscript entitles (tentatively) "Let's Go Rob a...
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David Grassé
Feb 9, 20222 min read
Research Issues
Among the projects I am currently working on is a biography of the Edwardian-era English actress Edna Loftus. It is a bit of departure...
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David Grassé
Dec 21, 20213 min read
Something New
Of late, I have been busy with two projects. The first is my manuscript entitled (tentatively) "Let's Go Rob a Train" A History of Train...
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David Grassé
Aug 15, 20213 min read
Volunteerism in Arizona
I have just finished Doing What the Day Brought: An Oral History of Arizona Women, compiled by Mary Logan Rothchild and Pamela Claire...
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David Grassé
Jul 21, 20212 min read
Something Different
Though most my previous books and articles have been about lawmen and outlaws and the justice system (if one can call it that) in the...
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David Grassé
May 31, 20211 min read
Overlooked
I started researching the Arizona Territorial Prison in Yuma, while writing a story about the so-called Gates Riot (actually an attempted...
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David Grassé
Apr 14, 20214 min read
"Keeping History Alive..."
Earlier today, April 14th, 2021, the Hashknife Pony Express came riding into Payson to deliver the mail, just as they do every year...
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David Grassé
Apr 9, 20214 min read
Writing About Family
Last year, I began a manuscript of a rather personal nature. I began writing about the Reverend David Roberts, my great grandfather on my...
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David Grassé
Feb 17, 20211 min read
The Waiting is the Hardest Part
The manuscript for the Augustine Chacón book and the accompanying photos were delivered to the publisher in early December. I was told...
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David Grassé
Oct 25, 20205 min read
Giving Back to Holbrook
For years, the towns along the old Route 66 Highway in Arizona - Winslow, Kingman, Holbrook, Williams, Flagstaff, etc. - have survived,...
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David Grassé
Sep 21, 20204 min read
Reinvigorating the Mythology of the Old West
"What may transpire in this stagnant posture? Tradition multiplies where repetition reigns And the air smells of age..." - Faith and The...
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David Grassé
Sep 7, 20202 min read
What Not to Write About
Occasionally, while working on other projects, I will run across what seems an interesting person or topic. By way of example, there was...
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